The deal between Lauria and a deputy was struck up earlier this year, when she reportedly agreed to pay the Flagler County School District upfront for the armed security service that would begin January 14th and run for two months. The agreed upon fee that the deputy would receive is $32 per hour to guard her sixth grader’s school, Old Kings Elementary.

The angst-ridden Mom then reportedly made a verbal commitment to pay for the deputy for the rest of the year after the initial time frame, and school officials have no objections to Lauria’s generous offer. Superintendent Janet Valentine told the Daytona Beach News-Journal, “I don’t know how you say no to such a wonderful gesture,” she said.

The school district currently pays for four deputies at a cost of $286,572 to patrol their alternative, middle, and high schools. The Sheriff’s office and the city of Palm Coast divvy the bill for two additional deputies at two schools. Currently, all five of the county’s schools have one deputy guarding their premises with the exception of two being stationed at Flagler Palm Coast High School.